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| Name | Ethelbert Nevin |
| Namesake | Ethelbert Nevin |
| Owner | War Shipping Administration (WSA) |
| Operator | Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. |
| Ordered | as type (EC2-S-C1) hull, MC hull 2486 |
| Awarded | 23 April 1943 |
| Builder | St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida[1] |
| Cost | $1,063,745[2] |
| Yard number | 50 |
| Way number | 2 |
| Laid down | 1 June 1944 |
| Launched | 18 July 1944 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Doris Nevin |
| Completed | 31 July 1944 |
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| Beam | 57 feet (17 m) |
| Draft | 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m) |
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| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
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SS Ethelbert Nevin was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Ethelbert Nevin, an American pianist and composer from Pennsylvania.
Ethelbert Nevin was laid down on 1 June 1944, under a Maritime Commission (MARCOM) contract, MC hull 2486, by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, Jacksonville, Florida; sponsored by Miss Doris Nevin, the daughter of the namesake, and was launched on 18 July 1944.[1][2]
She was allocated to the Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., on 31 July 1944. On 19 December 1947, she was laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Wilmington, North Carolina. She was sold for scrapping, 19 February 1960, to Bethlehem Steel Co., for $70,161. She was removed from the fleet, 13 March 1960.[4]
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